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A short paragraph on the first appearance on the Sydney stage of the actor Mr Jacobs from Hobart Town and Launceston theatres is published on page two of this issue. Jacobs appeared in the Spectre Bridgroom and Monsieur Tonson. He also sang the song 'Horn of Chase'. The writer of the paragraph (William Kerr?) is 'inclined to think favourably of him'.
Contents
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Sums Received in Aid of the Widow Montgomery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
List 'published for the information of all parties concerned' of monies received for the aid of the wife of the late John Montgomery. Some well known Sydney printers and newspaper men appear on this list.
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Bent's News and New South Wales General Advertiser,
single work
advertisement
(p. 1)
'The Austral-Asiatic Public are respectfully informed, that Bent's News, which has been published for the last three years in Van Diemen's Land, will, as a Hobart Town Journal, cease at the end of the present year [1838], with a view to its re-appearance at Sydney, New South Wales, in the month of February or March, 1939.'
Bent's News and New South Wales Advertiser began publishing in April 1839. It was sold in July 1839 to the editor of the newspaper, W. A. Duncan. Duncan changed the name of the newspaper to the Australasian Chronicle. Bent remained as the Australasian Chronicle's printer to 1840.
The advertisement is dated Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, 10 November 1838.
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Sydney General Trade List,
single work
column
(p. 2)Imports listed include: December 18 – Caledonia ‘3 boxes books, Rev. W. J Ainslabie'
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Coronation Ode for Queen Victoria I,
single work
poetry
(p. 3)
This poem by the Scottish poet James Montgomery on Queen Victoria's coronation (in London on 28 June 1838) is included in AustLit as it was published in an Australian newspaper of the colonial era.
Note:This poem was republished as part of several columns of English extracts on non-literary subjects in this issue of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser.
Information on and descriptions of Queen Victoria's coronation, taken from various English newspapers, appeared in the Sydney Gazette in 1838.
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Royal Victoria Theatre : All for Love &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 3)
Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 27 December 1838 of All for Love; or, The Lost Pleiad, and Larboard Fin; or, The Wrecker's Daughter.
